GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cipher | zero |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
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| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |